Pavas District
Pavas District, ninth of its kind in San José Canton, is the most populated of 470 districts in Costa Rica. The district comprises Tobías Bolaños International Airport, San José's domestic airport.
Geography and Demography
Pavas District is adjacent to Escazú Canton to the south, and to Uruca and Mata Redonda districts to the north and east respectively.[1] Pavas is also the largest district in San José Canton, with 9.34 km². The population on December 31, 2008 is of 88,684 inhabitants, the largest in between Costa Rican districts. This figure is even larger than the average for cantons; just 12 of 81 cantons had more inhabitants than Pavas District at the time (the district had 9,495.07 inhabitants per km² by that date).[2]
District Information
Pavas District includes the "barrios" (or neighbourhoods) of Aeropuerto, Alfa, Bribri, Favorita Norte, Favorita Sur, Geroma, Gerona, Hispana, Libertad, Lomas del Río, Llanos del Sol, María Reina, Metrópolis, Pavas Centro, Residencia del Oeste, Rincón Grande, Rohrmoser, Rotonda, San Pedro, Santa Bárbara, Santa Catalina, Tajo, Triángulo, Villa Esperanza, and Zona Industrial.
Education
International schools include:
- British School of Costa Rica[3]
- Colegio Humboldt (Humboldt-Schule) - German school[4]
References
- ↑ Mapa Cantonal del Censo de 1984, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC) and updated by the Central American Population Center (CCP)
- ↑ Población Total Cerrada por Sexo, según Provincia, Cantón y Distrito, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census(INEC)
- ↑ "Contact." British School of Costa Rica. Retrieved on March 15, 2015. "Our Address From the end of the Rohrmoser Boulevard 125 m. North, Urbanización Santa Catalina Pavas, San José, Costa Rica"
- ↑ "Contáctenos." Colegio Humboldt. Retrieved on 15 March 2015. "Dirección: Contiguo a la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Loreto, Pavas, San José"
External links
- Municipalidad de San José. Distrito Pavas – Website of San Jose Mayor, includes a map of the district and related info.
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Coordinates: 9°57′00″N 84°08′00″W / 9.95°N 84.1333°W